Karen Lonsdale - Flutist
Karen Lonsdale studied with Gerhard Mallon at the Queensland Conservatorium and with Paul Meisen at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich. She is a very busy freelance flautist, working regularly for many years as Principal Flute with the Queensland Orchestra and the cabaret orchestra X-Collective, with which she doubles as a Vocalist! She is Lecturer in Flute at the University of Southern Queensland, an AMEB Examiner and is in demand as an Adjudicator. In 2005, she was awarded a Certificate IV in Fitness from Southbank Institute of TAFE and has presented sessions on Injury Prevention for Musicians for the NSW Flute Society, Queensland Flute Guild, Queensland Clarinet and Saxophone Society, Australian National Flute Convention, North Coast Flute Society and Education Queensland. Karen is also Artistic Director for Masterclass Australia, an organisation which provides educational and performing opportunities for Australian musicians.
